Light weight camping gear

[Esser]

Thanks for all the replies guys. All that stuff looks interesting.

I do like the idea of the cots. I was looking a this one a while back
http://www.cascadedesigns.com/therm-...te-cot/product

Similar to what you guys have.

[Rooster]

Has anyone tried fitting in a mountain Bike?

It would be great if anyone could give me a tip as my wife and I love to Mountain Bike.

Regards
Reid

[Esser]

I've always wondered what you could rig up under the plane for bulky stuff like that....

[HighWing]

Not a mountain bike, but one of the guys we used to fly with would sometimes strap his camp chair to the lift strut. I have also seen pictures showing lots of strange stuff strapped to airplanes flying Alaska. I wouldn't be surprised if someday, an enterprising and creative guy will install the custom hard points and a fairing of sorts, and a bicycle will be on its way to the back country.

[Esser]

Not exactly light but this is the best full size mountain bike I've found. Still pretty big...


http://www.amazon.com/Montague-Parat.../dp/B000JI7ZBK

[jiott]

You could ask Paul Leadabrand of Stick & Rudder. He had two folding bikes (not sure if they were mountain bikes) stashed in his Kitfox baggage area when he flew in to the factory fly-in this last August.

[Rooster]

There is a guy in New Zealand who has had the New Zealand CAA approve hard points under the wings of his C180 for his MTB tour business.
Could this be adapted for two bikes under a Kitfox?

[Esser]

Cool! To the drawing board!

[Geowitz]

Check out this video at the 1:27 mark... Pretty sweet. I would bet this is pretty possible given that we already have hard points in this area and it's basically at the C.O.G.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHR6bpupwJk

[Esser]

Very cool. I wonder how many CC that bike is. I would make a bracket that hangs off the gear attach points I think. This would by far be the strongest. Have most of the weight balance on those brackets and then have the other hard points stabilize and balance the rest.